Day four, second Investec Test: New Zealand, with four second-innings wickets in hand, need 310 to beat England

England took six New Zealand wickets before bad light brought an early close
to the fourth day of the second Investec Test but their hopes of victory and
a 2-0 series win depend as much on tomorrow’s weather as the resistance of
the visiting side’s remaining batsmen.

A band of rain, which had been moving slowly eastwards throughout the day,
halted over the Pennines at tea and advanced no farther, but at 6.35pm the
umpires decided it was too dark to play on despite Tim Southee striking what
turned out to be the last ball of the day down the